Deladier Almeida (b. 1961) is a Brazilian-born American painter known for vibrant landscapes that move between representation and abstraction. Born in Brazil, he settled in California in the mid-1980s and earned his Art Studio degree from UC Davis in 1990. Working primarily in oil, he creates aerial views of California's agricultural landscapes, transforming fields, rivers and cultivated terrain into rhythmic arrangements of color, shape and texture. His compositions frequently originate in photographs taken during flights over California and other regions, including Tuscany and the American Southwest. Balancing close observation with improvisational painting techniques, Almeida explores the boundary between recognizable landscape and geometric abstraction. His work has been exhibited at the Crocker Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Hilbert Museum of California Art and galleries throughout the United States and Europe.